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Offline BHTGdogs

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Burr Oak?
« on: August 25, 2015, 07:58:00 PM »
Has anyone heard of this wood being used in a bamboo backed bow?
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Re: Burr Oak?
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2015, 10:17:00 PM »
Compression strong woods like osage, ipe or even yew are better options for boo backed bows. You could build a boo backed burr oak but unless you are very experienced you might not like the results.
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Re: Burr Oak?
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2015, 10:40:00 PM »
It was a torges bow. I had just never heard off the wood and questioned how it would preform.
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Re: Burr Oak?
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2015, 08:33:00 AM »
Burr oak would probably do fine as a self bow.
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Re: Burr Oak?
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2015, 07:14:00 PM »
It's probably not much different then backing hickory with Boo.
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